Morning Wire: Rep. Mike Sells, Blake decision bill, Debt-based license suspensions DJ WIlson April 6, 2021
My Gonzaga Bulldogs went down in a stunningly flat performance last night to Baylor in the NCAA Men’s College Basketball National Championship. It was a brutal way to end a season for a team that was considered, up until 24 hours ago, perhaps the greatest college basketball team ever.
After 22 years of continuous post-season play, we have just two national championship appearances and no titles. It’s frustrating. But, then I look at the Mariner’s and I remember what real frustration feels like… Thanks for the season, Zags. Let’s play ball, M’s!
The majority surveyed either said they wanted to wait before getting the vaccine or would refuse one.
“This is a population already at risk for COVID-19, and outbreaks among incarcerated people can worsen inequities in COVID-19 outcomes as well as contribute to spread in the surrounding community,” says lead author Marc Stern, affiliate assistant professor of health services in the University of Washington School of Public Health. “So culturally and health-literacy informed interventions are needed to help them feel more confident about getting vaccinated.”
For the study in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers surveyed more than 5,000 inmates, men and women, in late 2020 from three prisons and 13 jails in Washington, California, Florida, and Texas.
Ombuds Report finds continued delays in cancer treatment at Washington DOC Facilities Sydney Kurle | Apr 1, 2021
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A report released by the Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) found that delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment in Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities led to death for at least one patient, and terminal diagnoses for several others.
This report comes after previous investigations performed by the OCO. In one such report, the OCO concluded that multiple failures by staff at Monroe Correctional Complex led to the cancer deaths of two inmates. The new report is broader and examines delays that happen at facilities across the state.
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Fewer than half of inmates in jails and prisons surveyed in a study by the CDC and University of Washington said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine, while the majority either said they wanted to wait before getting the vaccine or would refuse one.